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Society of the Sons of the Revolution 



BY-LAWS AND REGISTER 



SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



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OFFICERS 

OF THE 

GKNKRAL SOCIE^XY. 



President, - Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, 

of the District of Columbia Society. 

Vicc-Prcsidcnl, - Hon. WILLIAM WAYNE, 

of the Pennsylvania Society. 

Secretary, - - JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 

of the New York Society. 

Assistanl Secretary, TIMOTHY MATLOCK CHEESMAN, M. D., 

of the New York Society. 

Treasurer, - - RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 

of the Pennsylvania Society. 

Assistant Treasurer, ARTHUR HENRY DUTTON, 

of the Massachusetts Society. 

Chaplain, - - Rev. DANIEL CONEY WESTON, D. D., 

of the New York Societv. 



OFFICERS 



Society of the District of Columbia. 



President. 
Hon. John Lee Carroll. 

Vice-President. 
Rear-Admiral Francis Asbury Roe, U. S. Navy. 

Board of Managers. 

Lewis Johnson Davis. 

Rear-Admiral Samuel Rhoads Franklin, U. S. Navy. 

Rear-Admiral James Agustin Greer, U. S. Navy. 

Archibald Hopkins. 

Harry Bouton Cilley. 

Albion Keith Parris. 

Benjamin Lewis Blackford. 

Charles Worthington. 

Secretary. 
Pickering Dodge, 1827 Jefferson Place. 

Treasurer. 
Alexander Brown Legare, 1700 H Street. 

Registrar and Historian. 
Gaillard Hunt, 1466 Rhode Island Avenue. 

Chaplain. 
Rev. George William Douglas, D. D. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

John Lee Carroll. 

Samues Rhoads Franklin. 

Daniel Morgan Taylor. 

Charles Worthington. 

Nicholas Longworth Anderson. 



THE CONSTITUTION 



SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. 



It being evident, from the steady decline of a proper celebration of 
the National iiolidays of the United States of America, that popular 
concern in the events and men of the War of the Revolution is grad- 
ually declining, and that such lack of interest is attributable, not so 
much to the lapse of time and the rapidly increasing flood of immigra- 
tion from foreign countries, as to the neglect, on the part of descend- 
ants of Revolutionary heroes, to perform their duty in keeping before 
the public mind the memory of the services of their ancestors and of 
the times in which they lived; therefore, the Society of the Sons of the 
Revolution has been instituted to perpetuate the memory of the men 
who, in the military, naval, and civil service of the Colonies and of the 
Continental Congress, by their acts or counsel achieved the independ- 
ence of the country, and to further the proper celebration of the anni- 
versaries of the birthday of Washington, and of prominent events 
connected with the War of the Revolution ; to collect and secure for 
preservation the rolls, records, and other documents relating to that 
period; to inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit 
of their forefathers, and to promote the feeling of friendship among 
them. 

The General Society shall be divided into State Societies, which shall 
meet annually on the day appointed therefor in their respective by-laws, 
and oftener if found expedient; and at such annual meeting the reasons 
for the institution of the Society shall be considered and the best meas- 
ures for carrying them into effect adopted. 

The State Societies, at each annual meeting, shall choose, by a ma- 
jority of the votes present, a president, a vice-president, a secretary^ a 
registrar, a treasurer, a chaplain, and such other officers as may by 
them respectively be deemed necessary, together with a board of man- 



ngers consisting of these officers and of nine other members, all of 
whom shall retain their respective positions until their successors are 
duly chosen. 

Each State Society shall cause to be transmitted annually, or oftener, 
to the other State Societies, a circular-letter calling attention to what- 
ever may be thought worthy of observation respecting the welfare of 
the Society or of the general union of the States, and giving informa- 
tion of the officers chosen for the year; and copies of these letters shall 
also be transmitted to the general secretary to be preserved among the 
records of the General Society. 

The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting their own 
affairs, consistent with the general good of the Society; judge of the 
qualification of their members, or of those proposed for membership, 
subject, however, to the provisions of this Constitution; and expel any 
member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman or a man of honor, 
or by an opposition to the interests of the community in general or the 
Society in particular, may render liimself unworthy to continue in 
membership. 

In order to form funds that may be respectable, each member shall 
contribute upon his admission to the Society, and annually thereafter, 
such sums as the By-Laws of the respective State Societies may require; 
but any of such State Societies may provide for the endowment of 
memberships by the payment of proper sums in capitalization, which 
sums shall be properly invested as a permanent fund, the income only 
of which shall be expended. 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held every three 
years, and special meetings may be held upon the order of the general 
president, or upon the request of two of the State Societies, and such 
meetings shall consist of the general officers and a representation not 
exceeding five deputies from each State Society, and the necessary ex- 
penses of such meeting shall be borne by the State Societies. 

At theiegular meeting a general president, vice-president, secretary, 
assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, and chaplain shall be 
chosen by a majority of the votes present to serve until the next regu- 
lar general meeting, or until their successors are duly chosen. 

At each general meeting the circular-letters which have been trans- 
mitted by the several State Societies shall be considered, and all meas- 
ures taken which shall conduce to the general welfare of the Society. 

The General Society shall have power^ at any meeting, to admit 



state Societies thereto, and to entertain and determine all questions 
affecting the qualification for membership in or the welfare of any State 
Society as may by proper memorial be presented by such State Society 
for consideration. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good char- 
acter, and a descendant of one who, as a military, naval, or marine 
officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service, under the authority 
of any of the thirteen Colonies or States, or of the Continental Con- 
gress, and remaining always loyal to sucii autiiority, or a descendant 
of one who signed the Declaration of Independence, or of one who, 
as a member of the Continental Congress or of the Congress of any of 
the Colonies or States, or as an official appointed by or under the au- 
thority of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in the establish- 
ment of American Independence by services rendered during the War 
of the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason 
against the government of Great Britain, but remaining always loyal 
to the autiiority of tlie Colonies or States, shall be eligible to member- 
ship in the Society. 

The secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the general sec- 
retary a list of the members thereof, together with the names and official 
designations of those from whom such members derive claim to mem- 
bership; and thereafter, upon the admission of members in each State 
Society, the secretary thereof shall transmit to the general secretary 
information respecting such members similar to that therein required. 

The Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a badge suspended 
from a ribbon by a ring of gold ; the badge to be elliptical in form, 
with scalloped edges, one and one-quarter inches in length, and one 
and one-eighth inches in width ; the whole surmounted by a gold 
eagle, with wings displayed, inverted; on the obverse side a medallion 
of gold in the centre, elliptical in form, bearing on its face the figure of 
a soldier in Continental uniform with musket slung; beneath, the fig- 
ures 1775; the medallion surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars of five 
points each upon a border of dark blue enamel. On the reverse side, in 
the centre, a medallion corresponding in form to that on the obverse, 
and, also in gold, bearing on its face the Houdon portrait of Washing- 
ton in bas-relief, encircled by the legend, Sons of the Revolution ; be- 
neath, the figures 1883; and upon the reverse of the eagle the number 
of the badge to be engraved; the medallion to be surrounded by a 
plain gold border conforming in dimensions to the obverse; the ribbon 



shall be dark blue, ribbed and watered, edged with buff, one and one- 
quarter inches wide, and one and one-half inches in displayed length. 

The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members on all oc- 
casions when they assemble as such for any stated purpose or celebra- 
tion, and may be worn on any occasions of ceremony; it shall be car- 
ried conspicuously on the left breast, but members who are or have 
been officers of the Society may wear the insignia suspended from the 
ribbon around the neck. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the general secretary, who shall 
issue them to members of the Society under such proper rules as may 
be formulated by the General Society, and he shall keep a register of 
such issues wherein each insignia issued may be identified by the num- 
ber thereof. 

The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths inches in diam- 
eter, and shall consist of the figure of a Minute-Man in Continental 
uniform^ standing on a ladder leading to a belfry; in his left hand he 
holds a musket and an olive branch, whilst his right grasps a bell rope; 
above, the cracked Liberty Bell, issuing therefrom a ribbon bearing the 
motto of the Society, Exegi iiionumentum cvre perennius; across the 
top of the ladder, on a ribbon, the figures 1776; and on the left of the 
Minute-Man, and also on a ribbon, the figures 1883, the year of the 
formation of the Society; the whole encircled by a band tiiree-eighths 
of one inch wide; thereon at the top thirteen stars of five points each; 
at the bottom the name of the General Society, or of the State Society 
to which the seal belongs. 



SOCIETY OF THE 
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, 

In the District of Columbia. 

[Incorporated on the i8th day of December, 1889.] 

BY-LAWS. 

Section I. 

Members shall be elected as follows: Candidates shall send their re- 
spective applications and documents, or other proofs of qualification for 
membership, through the Secretary, to the Board of Managers, which is 
authorized to judge of the merits of an application in such manner as it 
may deem best. Upon a favorable decision of said Board, and upon 
payment of the initiation fee, applicants shall thereupon become mem- 
bers of the Society. 

No person shall be admitted to membership unless he shall have first 
made written application therefor, approved by two members over their 
signatures. 

Section II. 

The initiation fee shall be five dollars; the annual dues, three dollars; 
or the payment at one time of seventy-five dollars shall constitute a life 
member, and the member so paying shall thenceforth be exempt from 
the payment of annual dues. 

Members admitted during the last quarter of any year shall be ex- 
empted from the payment of dues for that year. 

Any member who may contribute one hundred and fifty dollars to 
the permanent use of the Society, shall be exempt from the payment 
of annual dues, and this exemption shall extend in perpetuity to his 
lineal successors in membership, one at a time, who may be selected 
for such exemption by the Society. 



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Section III. 

In order to form funds which may be respectable, and assist the un- 
fortunate, all life-membership fees or donations for the purpose which 
shall hereafter be paid the Society, shall remain forever to the use of 
the Society; the interest only of which, if necessary, to be appropriated 
to the relief of the unfortunate. 

Section IV. 

The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the third day of Decem- 
ber in every year, at which a general election of officers by ballot shall 
take place, except when such date shall fall on Sunday, in which case 
the meeting shall be held on the following day. In such election, 
a majority of the ballots given for any office shall constitute a choice; 
but if, on the first ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a 
further balloting shall take place in which a plurality of votes given for 
any office shall determine the ciioice therefor. 

Section V. 

At all meetings of the Society one-quarter of the total membership 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Section VI. 

The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, or in his absence, 
a chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the Society and 
of the Board of Managers, and shall exercise the usual functions of a 
presiding officer, under general parliamentary rules, subject to an appeal 
to the Society in proper cases under those rules. The President shall 
be, ex efficio, a member of all committees. He shall represent the So- 
ciety in every council for which the Society shall not have chosen a rep- 
resentative either specially for such Council or for a definite period dur- 
ing which such Council may be called. 

He shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings of the Society 
at such times as he may see fit. 

He shall also perform such other representative duties on behalf of 
the Society, either personally or by correspondence, as it or the Board 
of Managers may find desirable or necessary, or as customarily apper- 
tain to his office, and shall enforce a strict observance of the Constitu- 
tion, By-Laws, and Standing Regulations. 



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111 case of his decease, resignation, neglect to serve, or inability from 
any cause to act as President, the duties of the office shall devolve on 
the Vice-President, until the vacancy caused by such decease, resigna- 
tion, or neglect to serve, shall be filled, or until the inability shall cease. 

Section VII. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society 
and keep a record thereof. He shall notify all qualified and accepted 
candidates of their admission, and perform such other duties as the So- 
ciety, Board of Managers, or his office may require of him. He shall 
have charge of the seal, by-laws, historical and other documents and 
records of the Society other than those required to be deposited with 
the Registrar and Historian, and shall affix the seal to all properly 
authenticated certificates of membership, and transmit the same without 
delay to the member for whom it is issued or to his proper representa- 
tive. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of 
the Society, and, in proper cases, authenticate them under seal. He 
shall have charge of all printing and publications directed by the 
Society or by the Board of Managers. He shall give due notice of the 
time and place of all meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Man- 
agers, and shall attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate 
records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society, and of the 
Board of Managers, and shall give notice to the several officers of all 
votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings of the Society or the Board of 
Managers, affecting them or appertaining to their respective duties; 
and, at the annual meeting, and oftener, if required, shall report to the 
Society the names of those candidates who have been admitted to 
membership, and also the names of those members whose resignations 
or voluntary withdrawals have been consented to and accepted, and 
also the names of those members wlio have been expelled or dropped 
for non-payment of dues, or who have been received or dropped from 
the roll by transfer since the last report. In his absence from any meet- 
ing, a Secretary pro tempore may be designated therefor. 

Section VIII. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities of the 
Society; and as often as those funds shall amount to one hundred dol- 
lars they shall be deposited in some bank in the City of Washington to 



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the credit of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and shall 
be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for the purposes of the 
Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums only as may 
be ordered by the Society or by the Board of Managers, and siiall per- 
form such other duties as the Society, Board of Managers, or his 
office may require of him. He shall keep a true account of his receipts 
and payments, and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the 
Society, when a committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 

For the faithful performance of his duty he shall give such security as 
the Society, or Board of Managers in lieu of its action thereon, may from 
time to time require. 

Section IX. 

At every annual meeting the President may designate a Chaplain and 
a Historian for the ensuing year from among the members; and, in case 
of the happening of a vacancy in cither of these offices, the President 
may, in like manner, fill such vacancy for the unexpired term. 

The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of a Christian de- 
nomination^ and it shall be his duty to open and close all meetings 
with customary chaplaincy service, and perform such other duties as 
ordinarily pertain to such office. 

The Historian shall keep a detailed record of all the historical and 
commemorative celebrations of the Society; he shall edit and pre- 
pare for publication such historical addresses, essays, papers, and other 
documents of an historical character, other than a Register of Members, 
as the Secretary may be required to publish; and at every annual meet- 
ing, if there shall be a necrological list for the year then closing, he 
shall submit the same with carefully prepared biographies of the de- 
ceased members. 

Section X. 

The Board of Managers shall be fifteen, namely: The President, Vice- 
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, and Chaplain, ex officio, and 
nine other members, who shall be elected at the annual meeting in 
every year in the same manner as the officers of the Society. 

They shall judge of the qualifications of every candidate who shall 
make proper application for admission to the Society, and shall have 
power to admit him to membership therein if found eligible under the 
Constitution. 



They may arrange for commemorative celebrations by the Society. 

They shall recommend plans to the Society for promoting its pur- 
poses, and, when practicable, may digest and prepare business for its 
meetings. 

They shall generally superintend the interests and shall have the con- 
trol and management of the affairs and funds of the Society, as author- 
ized by law. They shall also perform such duties as may be prescribed 
by the Constitution or By-Laws, or required by any standing regu- 
lation or resolve of the Society. They shall be competent to consent 
to and to accept the resignation or voluntary withdrawal from member- 
ship of any enrolled member of the Society. 

They shall supervise all publications issued in its name, and they may 
require the attendance of any member of the Society enrolled therein, 
or any Committee thereof, at any meeting, for consultation and advice. 

The Board of Managers shall meet as often as they may desire, or at 
the call of the President, or upon the written request of any three mem- 
bers of the same. 

Five of the Board of Managers shall be a quorum for the transaction 
of business. 

At every annual meeting they shall submit to the Society a general 
report of their proceedings during the year then closing. 

Section XI. 

The Registrar shall have possession of all documents pertaining to the 
descent of members of the Society. He shall also keep an accurate 
Register of members of the Society. 

Section XII. 

Upon the demand of five members at any meeting of the Society 
the ayes and nays shall be called on any pending motion or resolve 
which may be voted upon and duly entered on the minutes. 

Section XIII. 

No person who may be enrolled as a member in this Society shall be 
permitted to continue in membership where the proofs of claim of quali- 
fication by descent are found to be defective and insufficient to sub- 
stantiate such claim, or not properly authenticated. The Society or the 
Board of Managers may, at any time after thirty days' notice to such 



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person to properly substantiate or authenticate his claim, require the 
Secretary to erase his name from the list of members, and such person 
shall thereupon cease to be a member: Provided, He shall have failed 
or neglected to comply satisfactorily with such notice. 

Where the Board of Managers shall direct the erasure of a person's 
name for a cause comprehended under this section, such person shall 
have a right of appeal to the next annual meeting; but he shall not be 
restored to membership unless by a majority vote on tliat occasion, or 
at a subsequent meeting to which the consideration of the appeal may 
have been specifically postponed. 

Section XIV. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to expel any enrolled 
member of this Society who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman 
and a man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of the com- 
munity in general, or of this Society in particular, may render himself 
unworthy to continue a member, or who shall persistently transgress, 
or, without good excuse, wilfully neglect the performance of any obliga- 
tion enjoined by the Constitution, or by these By-Laws, or by any 
standing regulation of this Society: Provided, That he shall have re- 
ceived at least ten days' notice of the complaint preferred against him, 
and of the time and place for hearing the same, and have been thereby 
afforded an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. 

Whenever the cause of expulsion shall not have involved turpitude 
or moral unworthiness, any member thus expelled may, upon the lec- 
ommendation of the Board of Managers, but not otherwise, be re- 
stored to membership by the Society at any meeting. 

The Board of Managers shall also have power to drop from the Roll 
the name of any enrolled member of the Society who shall be at least 
two years in arrears in the payment of dues, and who, on notice to 
pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so within ten days thereafter, 
and, upon being thus dropped, his membership shall cease and deter- 
mine, but he may be restored to membership at any time by the Board 
of Managers on his application therefor, and upon his payment of all 
such arrears and of the annual dues from the date when he was dropped 
to the date of his restoration. The Board of Managers may also sus- 
pend any officer from the performance of his duties for cause, which pro- 
ceeding must be reported to the Society and acted upon by it within 



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thirty days, either by rescission of the suspension or removal of the 
suspended officer from office, or otherwise the suspension shall cease. 

Section XV. 

Whenever an officer of this Society shall die, resign, or neglect to 
serve, or be unable to properly perform the duties of his office by 
reason of absence, sickness, or other cause, the President shall have 
power to appoint a member to such office pro tempore, who shall act in 
such capacity until the Society shall elect a successor, or until the ina- 
bility due to "absence, sickness, or other cause" shall cease: Pro- 
vided^ however, That the office of President shall not thus be filled 
when there shall be a Vice-President to enter upon its duties. 

Subject to these provisions, all officers of the Society and the mem- 
bers of the Board of Managers shall, from the time of their election or 
appointment, continue in their respective offices until the next annual 
meeting, and until their respective successors shall be duly chosen. 

Section XVI. 

No resignation or voluntary withdrawal from membership of any 
member enrolled in this Society shall become effective as a release from 
the obligations thereof, unless consented to and accepted by the Board 
of Managers. 

Section XVM. 

It shall be a Standing Rule that, upon the decease of any member 
residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the Society, notice thereof 
and of the time and place of tlie funeral shall be given by the Secretary 
by publication, and it shall thereupon become the duty of the members, 
when practicable, to attend the obsequies. 

Any member, upon being informed of the decease of a member, resi- 
dent as stated, shall make it his business to see that the Secretary is 
promptly notified of the fact. 

Section XVIII. 

No amendment to these By-Laws shall be made except upon the 
unanimous consent of a quorum of the Board of Managers, or of two- 
thirds of a quorum of the Society present at a regularly called meeting. 



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Section XIX. 

It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary, by 
written communication, of his place of residence and of any change 
thereof, and of his post-office address. 

Service of any notice under the Constitution or under these By-Laws 
upon any member of the Society, addressed to him at his last recorded 
place of residence or post-office address, and forwarded by mail, shall 
be deemed sufficient service of such notice. 



MEMBERSHIP ROLL. 



[Members who observe any errors in this roll will please inform the 
Registrar.] 

John B. Abbott, 

Grandson of Amos Abbott, Captain in Joshua Abbott's Company, 
Col. John Stark's Regiment. Was a United States pensioner at 
time of death. 

Anthony Collis Addison, 

Great-great-grandson of Andrew Leitch, Major Virginia Conti- 
nental Line. Killed at the action of Harlaem Heights, 1776. 

Philip Rounseville Alger, 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Levi Rounseville, 9th Massachu- 
setts Regiment. 

Davis Carneal Anderson^ 

Grandson of Brig. -Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, 6th Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry; original member of the Society 
of the Cincinnati. 

Frederick Pope Anderson, 

Grandson of Brig.-Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, 6th Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry; original member of the Society 
of the Cincinnati. 

George Burgwyn Anderson, 

Great-grandson of Percival Butler, 2d Lieutenant 3d Pennsylvania 
Regiment; served until the surrender at Yorktown; original 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



George Smith Anderson, 

Great-gieat-giandson of Gauin McCoy, Captain ist Battalion Som- 
erset County (New Jersey) State Troops. 

Nicholas Longworth Anderson, 

Grandson of Brig. -Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, of the 6th 
Regiment Virginia Continental Infantry; original member of 
the Society of the Cincinnati. 

Eben Dodge Appleton, 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge, of Ipswich, Lieutenant, Cap- 
tain, iVlajor, and Colonel of Massachusetts Troops. 

Davisson Armstrong, 

Great-grandson of William Armstrong, Ensign Capt. William 
Bratten's Company, Col. William Irvine's Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Line. 

Hiram W. Austin, 

Great-great-grandson of Uriah Austin, mustered in August 26, 
1777, for Burgoyne's Campaign, Capt. Wadsworth's Company, 
Col. Thadeus Cook's Regiment; discharged November 3, 1777. 

Rene Bache, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. 

Richard N. Batchelder, 

Great-grandson of Nathan Batchelder, member Committee of 
Safety, and of 3d and 4th Provincial Congresses, 1775; Major, 
Col. Stickney's Regiment, New Hampshire Line. 

Frank H. Bigelow, 

Great-great-grandson of Josiah Biglow, Lieutenant, Capt. Israel 
Whitmore's Militia Company of Artillery. 

Great-grandson of Convers Bigelow, private Capt. Samuel Law- 
son's Militia Company. 

Great-grandson of Elijah Travis, private Capt. Benjamin Gates' 
Company, Col. Manter's Regiment, 1776; private, Lieut. 



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Samuel Lamb's Company, 1776; and private, Capt. Abel Hol- 
den's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment, May, 1778. 
Great-grandson of Nathan Hagar, private, Capt. Benjamin Gates' 
Company, Col. Manter's Regiment, 1776; private, Lieut. 
Samuel Lamb's Company, 1776; and private, Capt. Abel Hol- 
den's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment, May, 1 778. 

Benjamin Lewis Blackford, 

Grandson of John Minor, of Hazel Hill; cadet and private under 

General Nelson. 
Great-grandson of John Minor, of Caroline, Major in the Virginia 

Line. 

Montgomery Blair, 

Great-grandson of Nathaniel Gist, Colonel and General Conti- 
nental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, of Capt. Taylor's Com- 
pany, New Hampshire Troops, 1775 ; Signer Declaration of 
Revolution, 1776; Member of Committee of Safety and Dele- 
gate to State Convention. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, Volunteer under Gen. Sullivan, 1 778; 
3d Officer of Capt. Dennis' ship; promoted to ist Lieutenant. 

Grandson of James Vv'oodbury, Signer Declaration of Revolution, 
1776. 

Woodbury Blair, 

Great-grandson of Nathaniel Gist, Colonel and General Conti- 
nental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, of Captain Taylor's 
Company, New Hampshire Troops, 177s; Signer Declaration 
of Revolution, 1776; member of Committee of Safety and 
Delegate to State Convention. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, Volunteer under General Sullivan, 
1778; 3d Officer of Capt. Dennis' ship; promoted to ist Lieu- 
tenant. 

Grandson of James Woodbury, Signer Declaration of Revolution, 
1776. 



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Frank Bowers Bourn, 

Great-great-grandson of John Wilcox, one of the officers assisting 
General Barton in the capture of Major-General Prescott, July 9, 
1777. 

Benjamin Boylan Bradford, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Killett Bradford, Captain, Aide-de- 
Camp to General George Weedon. 

David J. Brewer, 

Great-grandson of Timothy Field, Sergt.-Major 7th Connecticut 
Regiment, 1776; ist Lieutenant, afterwards Captain, of Con- 
necticut Company raised to protect the shore, 1781. 

John Jones Brice, 

Great-grandson of Col. Benjamin Wilson, commanding Virginia 
Troops, and Delegate to Convention. 

Great-grandson of William Brice, Ensign in Pennsylvania Line 
under Col. Evan Evans, Lieutenant under Colonel Sterling, and 
commissioned Captain by General Washington. 

Albert Franklin Brooks, 

Grandson of Joshua Brooks, private in Capt. Wm. Smith's Com- 
pany, Col. Abijah Pierce's Regiment of Minute Men. 

Great-grandson of Daniel Batchelder, private in Capt. Philip Put- 
nam's Company, Col. Moses Nichols' New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 

Great-grandson of Caleb Maynard, private in Capt. Abijah Smith's 
Company, Col. Enoch Hale's New Hampshire Regiment. 

Barry Bulkley, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Peacock, Sergeant Capt. Van 
Keuren's Company, Col. Newkirk's Regiment, New York State 
Troops. 

William Daniel Cabell, 

Great-grandson of William Cabell, member of the Revolutionary 
Conventions, and of the Virginia Committee of Safety. 



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Charles Harrod Campbell, 

Great-grandson of Elias Dayton, Brigadier-General Continental 
Army. 

John Lee Carroll, 

Great-grandson of Charles Carroll, of CarroUton. 

Charles Shirley Carter, 

Great-grandson of Thomas Nelson, Jr., Signer of the Declaration of 
Independence; Commander-in-Chief of Virginia State Forces; 
Governor of Virginia; Major-General, Yorktown Campaign. 

Robert S. Chilton, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of George Brent, member of Committee of 
Safety and Observation, of Stafford County, Virginia, July, 1 774, 
to devise means to resist the tax of Great Britain, and to en- 
courage the people of Boston. 

Harry Bouton Cilley, 

Great-grandson of Joseph Cilley, Major in Poor's 2d Regiment, 
Lieutenant-Colonel in 1776, Colonel ist New Hampshire Regi- 
ment, and Major-General ist Division, New Hampshire Militia; 
original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

Great-grandson of Enoch Poor, Colonel 2d New Hampshire Regi- 
ment; Brigadier-General in Burgoyne's Campaign; commanded 
2d New Hampshire Brigade, 1779; Corps Commander, 1780. 

Hedley Vicars Cooke, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Col. Robert Smith, who had charge 
of the defences of the Delaware below Philadelphia; also of the 
fortification of Liberty Island; was also a member of Pennsyl- 
vania Convention. 

Persefor Marsden Cooke, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Col. Robert Smith, who had charge 
of the defences of the Delaware below Philadelphia ; also of the 
fortification of Liberty Island; was also a member of Pennsyl- 
vania Convention. 



22 

Seymour Cunningham, 

Great-grandson of Col. Johannes Knickerbocker, of the 14th Regi- 
ment, Albany (New York) County Militia. 

Richard Graham Davenport, 

Great-grandson of Richard Graham, member of Committee of 
Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Virginia; 
and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of the Revolution. 

Great-great-grandson of George Brent, member Committee of 
Safety and Observation, Stafford County, Virginia. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Judge Charles Jones, Commissioner 
of Revenue for Support of the Vv'ar, and first Judge of Mont- 
gomery County, Maryland (1777). 

Great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Love, Sr., membdr Com- 
mittee of Safety and Observation, of Charles County, Maryland; 
also member Maryland Convention, 1774. 

Great-grandson of Jonathan Davenport, of Rhode Island, private in 
Colonel Archibald Crary's Regiment. 

Lewis Johnson Davis, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Santford, Adjutant of 2d Regiment, 
New York Militia; original member of the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati. 

Great-grandson of Matthew Davis, Major and Commissary of New 
York Militia. 

Richard Grain Dean, 

Great-grandson of Robert Whitehill, member of Continental Con- 
gress, 1776; Council of Safety, 1777; and of Supreme Executive 
Council, 1779. 

Great-grandson of Joseph Grain, ist Lieutenant, Capt. Riciiard 
McQueene's Company, Col. Timothy Greene's Battalion, Lan- 
caster County, 1776; Captain 6th Battalion, Col. John Rogers. 

Harrison Howell Dodge, 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge; Lieutenant, Captain, Major, 
and Colonel of Massachusetts Volunteers; served during the 
entire war. 



23 

Pickering Dodge, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Howard, who, with others, disguised 
as Indians, threw the tea overboard from the " Dartmouth," in 
Boston Harbor, December i6, 1773. 

George William Douglas, 

Great-great-grandson of Asa Douglas, Major 1 7th Regiment, 
King's District, New York (Wm. B. Whiting, Colonel). 

Great-great-grandson of David Sutherland, Colonel 6th Regiment, 
Dutchess County, N. Y. 

Arthur Henry Dutton, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. William Douglas, of the 6th Regi- 
ment, Connecticut Line. 

Great-great-grandson of Sergt. Ephraim French, of Capt. Wm. 
Barrow's Company, Col. Isaac Wyman's New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 

Clarence Edv/ard Dutton, 

Great-grandson of Col. William Douglas, of the 6th Regiment 
Connecticut Line. 

George H. Elliot, 

Grandson of John Tidd, member of Capt. Parker's Company of 

Minute Men. 

William George Elliot, 

Great-grandson of John Tidd, member of Captain Parker's Com- 
pany of Minute Men. 

Oswald Herbert Ernst, 

Great-grandson of Dr. Ephraim Otis, member of the Revolutionary 
Committee appointed by the town of Scituate m 1 774, and 
Surgeon in the War. 



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Samuel Rhoads Franklin, 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Rhoads, member of the First 

Congress. 
Great-grandson of CoL Jonas Simonds, of the 6th Continental 

Infantry. 

GusTAVus Scott Franklin, 

Great-grandson of Gustavus Scott, member "Association of Free- 
men," 1775; elected to Convention from Somerset County, 
1774; also elected to Continental Congress, 1784. 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Love, member of Committee of 
Safety; also of Maryland Convention and Committee of Obser- 
vation. 

Great-great-grandson of Charles Jones, member Committee on 
Arms and Ammunition, Frederick County, Maryland, and Judge 
of Maryland Court, Frederick County, Maryland. 

Arthur Taylor Goldsborough, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp 
to General Washington; original member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati. 

Edmund Kennedy Goldsborough, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp 
to General Washington ; original member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati. 

Richard Francis Goldsborough, 

Great-great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de- 
Camp to General Washington ; original member of the Society 
of the Cincinnati. 

Richard Henry Goldsborough, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp 
to General Washington; original member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati. 



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Green Clay Goodloe, 

Great-grandson of Green Clay, Delegate to the Virginia Conven- 
tion. 

George Forrest Green, 

Grandson of Lieut. -Col. Uriah Forrest, Maryland Line. 

Osceola C. Green, 

Grandson of Lieut. -Col. Uriah Forrest, Maryland Line. 

James Agustin Greer, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 22d Continental 
Regiment. 

James Webb Greer, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 22d Conti- 
nental Regiment. 

William Brooks Gurley, 

Grandson of Roswell Post, soldier with Ethan Allen at Ticon- 
deroga, and with Stark at Bennington; member of Board of 
Selectmen of Rutland, Vermont, 1780 and 1782. 

Charles Lawrence Gurley, 

Grandson of Roswell Post, soldier with Ethan Allen at Ticon- 
deroga, and with Stark at Bennington; member of Board of 
Selectmen of Rutland, Vermont, 1780 and 1782. 

Frank Warren Hackett, 

Great-great-grandson of Jeremiah Hackett, Ensign in Col. Henry 
Gerrish's Regiment, New Hampshire Militia. 

George Henderson, 

Great-grandson of Colonel John Haslet, Commander ist Delaware 
Regiment; killed at the battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. 



26 

James Malcolm Henry, 

Great-grandson of John Henry, Captain in Col. George Ross' 
Regiment. 

Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Forrest, member of Committee 
of Safety and Observation for St. Mary's County, Maryland, 
1774; and first Judge in St. Mary's County, Maryland. 

Great-great-grandson of David Crauford, Signer of tlie ' ' Declara- 
tion of the Freemen of Maryland," July 25, 1 775 ; Commissioner 
of Revenue for the Support of the War; member of the Com- 
mittee of Safety and Observation; Delegate to Provincial Con- 
vention, i774-'5, and first Judge of Prince George's County, 
Maryland. 

John William Henry, 

Great-grandson of John Henry, Captain in Col. George Ross' 
Regiment. 

Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Forrest, member of Committee 
of Safety and Observation for St. Mary's County, Maryland, 
1774; and first Judge in St. Mary's County, Maryland. 

Great-great-grandson of David Crauford, Signer of the " Declara- 
tion of the Freemen of Maryland," July 25, 1775; Commissioner 
of Revenue for the Support of the War; member of the Com- 
mittee of Safety and Observation ; Delegate to Provincial Con- 
vention, i774-''5, and first Judge of Prince George's County, 
Maryland. 

Henry Heth, 

Grandson of Harry Heth, Captain and Major 1st Virginia Regi- 
ment. 

Robert Hinckley, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Hinckley, who vi'as wounded at battle 
of White Plains; private in Col. Danforth Heyes' Regiment, 
1777; served also in 1778. 

Archibald Hopkins, 

Great-grandson of Col. Mark Hopkins, ist Massachusetts infantry. 
Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. David Rossiter, 2d Massachusetts 
Infantry. 



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Arthur Bainbridge-Hoff, 

Great-great-grandson of John Hughes, Lieutenant 4th Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment, and Brigade Quartermaster of General Wayne's 
Brigade. 

Gaillard Hunt, 

Great-great-grandson of Robt. R. Livingston. 

Thomas Hyde, Jr., 

Great-great-great-grandson of John Bull, Colonel 1st Pennsylvania 
Battalion, 177s; commissioned to treat with Indians, 1777; in 
command of Billingsport fortifications and Adjutant General of 
Pennsylvania in 1779; succeeded to command of 2d Brigade 
Pennsylvania Militia on capture of General Irwin; Delegate to 
Provincial Conference, January and June, 1775; member of 
Pennsylvania Board of War and Council of Safety. 

R. Dickinson Jewett, 

Great-great-grandson of David H. Jewett, Surgeon in Continental 
Army. 

Henry Greenway Kemp, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Gen. Thomas Nelson, Signer of the 
Declaration of Independence, Commander of Virginia State 
forces, Governor of Virginia, and Major-General in the Conti- 
nental Army. 

Mark Brickell Kerr, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Matthias Brickell, Hertford County 
Militia. 

Charles Euston Kincaid, 

Great-grandson of Ensign James Kincaid, of Capt. Joseph Kin- 
caid's Company of Virginia Volunteers. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Peter Evans, Col. Wheeden's Vir- 
ginia Regiment. 



28 

William Matthews Lay, 

Great-great-grandson of Asa Lay, Lieutenant, 1777, 5th Connect- 
icut Regiment, Colonel Baron Steuben's Staff. 

Cazenove G. Lee, 

Great-grandson of Richard Henry Lee. 

Alexander Brown Legare, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legare, member of Council of 
Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

Balie Peyton Legare, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legare, member of Council of 
Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

Hugh Swinton Legare, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legare, member of Council of 
Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

John Alexander Lock wood, 

Great-grandson of Allan McLane, Volunteer Great Bridge Fight, 
near Norfolk, Virginia, 1775; Lieutenant in Rodney's Delaware 
Regiment; retired at Yorktown with rank of Colonel. 

Great-great-grandson of George Read, Signer of Declaration of 
Independence. 

Great-great-grandson of Richard Lockwood, member of Delaware 
Committee, appointed July 20, 1774, to protest against Boston 
Port Bill. 

Oscar Fitzallan Long, 

Great-grandson of Cornelius Mabie, ist Lieutenant 3d Company 
Military Foot, Captain John Van Patten, Absolom Wemple, 
Colonel. 

Edward Farragut Looker, 

Great-grandson of Othniel Looker, private. Colonel Marten's 
Regiment, "Jersey Line," 1776; in Colonel Ogden's Regiment, 
i776-'7; in Colonel Marten's Regiment, New Jersey Militia, 

i777-'82. 



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John T. Loomis, 

Great-great-grandson of John Blunt, Captain in Col. McCobb's 
Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, June to September, 1779; Cap- 
tain Militia of Lincoln Co., Me., Maj. Wm. Lithgow, 1779; 
Captain Massachusetts Militia, under Brig. -Gen. Wadsworth, 
1 780. 

William Harrison Lowdermilk, 

Great-grandson of Michael Kershner, private, Capt. Philip Gray- 
ble's Company, Col. Housaker's Regiment, Maryland Line; dis- 
charged, 1779. 

Woodbury Lowery, 

Great-great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, signer of the Declara- 
tion of Revolution, 1776, for the town of Amherst, N. H.; pri- 
vate, Capt. Taylor's Company, 177s; member Committee of 
Safety, 1776; Delegate to State Convention. 

Great-great-grandson of James Woodbury, signer of Declaration of 
Revolution, 1776. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, volunteer under Gen. Sullivan, 
1778; 3d officer of Capt. Dennis' ship; promoted to ist Lieut. 

Garrick Mallery, 

Great-grandson of William Maclay; commissioned July 4, 1763, 
Lieutenant in the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regi- 
ment^ serving in Col. Bouquet's expedition^ and was engaged at 
the battle of Bushy Run; commissioned July 7, 1780, as As- 
sistant Commissary with the rank of Captain, and was at the 
battles of Trenton and Princeton; in 1781 was elected to the 
General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and shortly after became a 
member of the Supreme Executive Council of that State. 

Albert F. Marsh, 

Great-grandson of James Perry, Sergeant " Lexington Alarm," Col. 
Samuel Ballard's Regiment, Staple Chamberlin's Command; 
2d Lieutenant March 28, 1776, 5th Regiment Middlesex County, 
Mass., Militia. 



30 

John Enoch Mason, 

Great-great-grandson of John Smith, member Committee of Safety 
of Maryland during the Revolution. 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson. 

Great-grandson of Thomas Mann Randolph, member Virginia Con- 
vention, 1776; Governor of Virginia. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Archibald Gary, President of Vir- 
ginia Committee of Safety, 1776^ and member of Virginia Con- 
vention; reported resolutions instructing Virginia delegates in 
Congress to declare for independence; Speaker Virginia Senate, 
1776. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Robert Carter Nicholas, last Treas- 
urer of the Colony, and first Treasurer of the Commonwealth of 
Virginia. 

Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. John Bailey, Dutchess County, 

New York, Regiment of Minute Men. 
Great-great-grandson of Capt. John Mason, Massachusetts Militia. 
Great-great-grandson of Capt. Isaac Hegeman, 2d Regiment, New 

York. 



Henry May, 

Great-grandson of John May, member of Boston "Tea Party," 
1773; Colonel 1st or Boston Regiment, Massachusetts Militia; 
Major under Rochambeau in Rhode Island. 

Great-grandson of Edward Coursey, Captain in Revolution, 177S. 



John Moore McCalla, Jr., 

Great-grandson of William McCalla, Captain Buck's County As- 
sociates_, August 21, 1775; Captain 7th Company, 2d Battalion, 
Buck's County Militia, May 6, 1777; Chief Forage Depart- 
ment, Buck's County, 1779; and from 1780 to 1781 Commis- 
sioner of Purchases. 



3^ 

Charles Laurie McCawley, 

Great-great-grandson of William McCalla, Captain Buck's County 
Associates, August 21, 1775; Captain 7th Company, 2d Bat- 
talion, Buck's County Militia, May 6, 1777; Chief Forage De- 
partment, Buck's County, 1779; and from 1780 to 1781, Com- 
missioner of Purciiases. 

Great-great-great-grandson of William Holt, Commissary for the 
American Army during the Revolution. 

Charles Fish McDermott, 

Great-grandson of George Bender, private, Col. Ward's Regiment, 
Massachusetts Line. 

Randolph Harrison McKim, 

Great-great-grandson of Archibald Gary, President of Virginia 
Committee of Safety, 1776; and member Virginia Convention; 
reported resolutions instructing Virginia delegates in Congress to 
declare for independence; Speaker Virginia Senate, 1776. 

Carroll Mercer, 

Great-grandson of John Francis Mercer, Aide-de-Camp to Gen. 
Charles Lee, and Lieutenant-Colonel in Lawson's Brigade. 

William Williams Metcalf, 

Great-grandson of Peleg Thomas, Lieutenant 4th Company, 1 2th 
Regiment Connecticut Militia, Col. Jonathan Trumbull; mem- 
ber National Council of Safety. 

Samuel Myers Mills, 

Great-grandson of William Mills, enlisted January, 1776, Capt. 
Caleb North, Col. Anthony Wayne; served seven years. 

William Elantheros Cooke Moorhead, 

Great-grandson of David Carsw ell, of Capt. Sherwood's Company, 
Col. Graham's Regiment; was a United States pensioner for 
Revolutionary services at time of death. 



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Edward A. Mosely, 

Great-grandson Ebenezer Mosely, Captain oth Company, 3d Reg- 
iment Connecticut Line, Col. Israel Putnam, 1775; Colonel 
5th Connecticut Regiment, and member of Legislature. 

Great-grandson Ebenezer Buck, Lieutenant, Capt. Jas. Key's 
Company, 5th Regiment, State Troops (Maine), 1770; Lieu- 
tenant, Capt. Reed's Company, Col. Jonathan Buck's Regi- 
ment, 1777; Captain, Col. Josiah Barnes' Regiment, Gen 
Lovel's Brigade, 1 779. 

Great-great-grandson Jonathan Buck, Lieutenant, 1775, and Col- 
onel of State Troops. 

Henry Nixon Moss, 

Great-grandson of Robert Morris. 

Great-grandson of John Nixon, Brigadier-General in Continental 
Army. He was the man who read the Declaration of Independ- 
ence to the people for the first time at Philadelphia, July 8. 

Jesse Barker Neville, 

Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan, "the Hero of the 
Cowpens." 

Great-grandson of Presley Neville, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to 
Gen. Lafayette. 

Great-great-grandson of John Neville, Colonel 4th Regiment, Vir- 
ginia Continental Infantry, December 11, 1777; Brevet Briga- 
dier-General, September 30, 1783. 

Albion Keith Parris, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Parris, Orderly Sergeant in Col. Paul 
Dudley Sergeant's Regiment; was in naval service, and after- 
ward's commissioned Lieutenant in Massachusetts State Troops. 

Samuel B. Parris, 

Grandson of Samuel Parris, Orderly Sergeant in Col. Paul Dudley 
Sergeant's Regiment; was in naval service, and afterwards 
commissioned Lieutenant in Massachusetts State Troops. 



33 
Thomas Stowell Phelps, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Nixon, Captain, 1774; Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel of Minute Men, 177s; Lieutenant-Colonel oth Mas- 
sachusetts Regiment, 1775; Colonel 6th Massachusetts Regi- 
ment, 1776; served until the close of the war. 

Henry Warren Raymond, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Jonathan Paddock, Captain ^d Com- 
pany, 7th Regiment, Dutchess County, New York Militia, 
Col. David Sutherland, 1777; First Major, 3d Regiment, 
Dutchess County Militia, 1778. 

Great-grandson of Uriah Raymond, Ensign 9th Regiment, Militia, 
1776; Lieutenant-Colonel John Mead, Connecticut Troops. 

John Edgar Reyburn, 

Great-grandson of Joseph Grain, ist Lieutenant, Capt. Richard 
McQueene's Company, Col. Timothy Greene's Battalion, Lan- 
caster County, 1776; Captain 6th Battalion, Col. John Rogers. 

Clifford Richardson, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Howard. He was one of the party 
who, disguised as Indians, threw the tea overboard from the 
" Dartmouth." 

William Adams Richardson, 

Grandson of William Adams, who enlisted in the Continental 
Army at the age of fifteen years. 

Grandson of Daniel Richardson; served in Continental Army from 
1777 to 1780. 

Great-grandson of William Robey, 2d Lieutenant 3d New Hamp- 
shire Regiment at battle of Bunker Hill. 

David Rittenhouse, 

Great-great-grandson of John Bull, Commissioner to treat with In- 
dians at Easton, Pa., 1777; Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania, 
1779; in command 2d Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia, after Gen. 
Irwin's capture; Delegate to Provincial Conference, January and 
July, 1775; member Convention, 1776; also member of Penn- 
sylvania Board of War. 



34 
William Beatty Rochester, 

Grandson of Nathaniel Rochester, Delegate from Orange County to 
the North Carolina Provincial Congress in April and May, 
1776; afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel of the Southern Regiment 
of Orange County, North Carolina. 

John Frederick Rodgers, 

Great-grandson of Christopher R. Perry; enlisted as a boy in 
" Kingston Reds;" served on a privateer, captured and confined 
on prison ship; escaped and served on ship "Trumbull," Capt. 
James Nicholson; taken prisoner and confined in Ireland eighteen 
months. 

Francis Asbury Roe, 

Grandson of John Roe, Minute Man, New York Line, and Quar- 
termaster 1st Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Col. William 
Floyd. 

Fayette Washington Roe, 

Great-grandson of John Roe, Minute Man, New York Line, and 
Quartermaster 1st Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Col. William 
Floyd. 

George Roe, 

Great-grandson of John Roe, Minute Man, New York Line, and 
Quartermaster ist Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Col. William 
Floyd. 

Richard Rush, 

Great-great-grandson of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 

Great-grandson of Benjamin Rush, M. D., signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 

Francis Preston Blair Sands, 

Great-grandson of Sergt. Ephraim French, of Capt. William Bar- 
row's Company, Col. Isaac Wyman's New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 



35 

Nathan Sargent, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Sargent, member of Capt. Setli Wasli- 
burn's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment. 

James Anthony Sample, 

Great-grandson of Robert De Frees, ship's carpenter on privateer; 
three times prisoner and twice on prison ship "jersey." 

John Selden Saunders, 

Great-grandson of Celey Saunders, Captain of the "Thetis/' 30 
guns, Virginia Revolutionary Navy. 

James Russel Selfridge, 

Great-grandson of James T. Condy, member of " Boston Tea- 
party." 

Daniel Kerfoot Shute, 

Great-grandson of William Shute, Lieutenant-Colonel 2d Battalion 
Salem County, N. J., Militia, 1777; promoted to Colonel; also 
Assistant Commissary of Issues, New Jersey Brigade, Conti- 
nental Line, and Assistant Commissary General of issues. 

Great-great-grandson of Enoch Shute, private, Cumberland 
County, N. J., Militia; also private in Capt. Keen's Company, 
Maj. Samuel Hayes' Battalion, New Jersey State Troops. 

Grandson of Samuel Moore Shute, Ensign in Capt. James Dillon's 
Company, 2d Battalion New Jersey Continental Line, 1776; 2d 
Lieutenant Capt. John N. Cumming's Company, 2d Battalion, 
1778; Lieutenant 2d Regiment, April 8, 1780; honorably dis- 
charged at close of war as Captain by brevet. 

Harold Marsh Sewall, 

Great -great-grandson of Col. Dummer Sewall, of Continental 
Army. 

Wm. Floyd Sicard, 

Great-great-grandson of William Floyd, signer of the Declaration 
of Independence. 



3^ 

Richard Douglas Simms, 

Great-grandson of Charles Simms, Lieutenant-Colonel 6th Regi- 
ment, Virginia Line. 

Merwin-Marie Snell, 

Great-grandson of Rev. Moses Hallock, served several months in 
'776-'?; participated in the Burgoyne Campaign. 

Franklin Steele, 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Chase, signer of the Declaration 
of Independence. 

Pierre Christie Stevens, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 3d 
Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

Rowan Wainwright Stevens, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 3d 
Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

Thomas Holdup Stevens, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 3d 
Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

Henry B. Swearingen, 

Great-grandson of Henry Bedinger, Sergeant, Capt. Hugh Stephen- 
son's Company, 1775; Lieutenant, Capt. Abraham Shepherd's 
Company, Col. Hugh Stephenson, 1776; captured and held 
four years. 

Daniel Morgan Taylor, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. John Neville, 4th Regiment Virginia 

Continental Infantry. 
Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan, the " Hero of the 

Cowpens." 
Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Presley Neville, Aide-de-Camp to 

Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 
Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment Virginia 

Continental Infantry. 



37 
David Watson Taylor, 

Great-great-grandson of John Penn, signer of the Declaration of 
Independence. 

Harry Clay Taylor, 

Great-great-grandson of CoL John Neville, 4th Regiment Virginia 

Continental Infantry. 
Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan. 
• Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Presley Neville, Aide-de-Camp to 

Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 
Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment Virginia 

Continental Infantry. 

Henry Livingston Thomas, 

Great-grandson of John Thomas, entered 23d Regiment of Foot, 
John Bailey, Colonel, 1776; Surgeon 8th Massachusetts Regi- 
ment, Michael Jackson, Colonel, 1780; also Surgeon 3d Mass. 
Regiment. 

Edward Amory Trescot, 

Great-great-grandson of Stephen Bull, General in Continental 

Army. 
Great-great-grandson of William Johnson, one of the hostages 

taken by Gen. Cornwallis and sent from Charleston to St. 

Augustine, 1780. 

Thomas Cuthbert Trescot, 

Great-great-grandson of Stephen Bull, General in Continental 

Army. 
Great-great-grandson of William Johnson, one of the hostages 

taken by Gen. Cornwallis and sent from Charleston to St. 

Augustine, 1780. 

William Truxtun, 

Great-grandson of Commodore Thomas Truxton. 

Henry Enos Tuley, 

Great-great-great-grandson of James Speed, Captain^ wounded at 
battle of Guilford Court-House, 1782. 



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John Van Rensselaer, 

Great-grandson of Major James Van Rensselaer, Aide-de-Camp to 
Gen. Richard Montgomery and Gen. Philip Schuyler. 

John Grimes Walker, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Aaron Walker, of the Continental Army. 
Grandson of Samuel Walker, of the Continental Army. 

Herbert Fairfax Wallace, 

Great-great-grandson of Wm. Brooke, Captain 4th Company, 3d 
Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; Major, 4th Battalion, 
1779; Major, 6th Battalion, 1780; one of the Commissioners of 
Chester County to seize personal effects of traitors. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Matthew Brooke, member of Pro- 
vincial Conference of Pennsylvania, 1 776. 

Great-great-grandson of Elijah Weed, Captain 2d Regiment of 
Foot, commanded by Benjamin G. Eyre; Captain 2d Company, 
5th Battalion, Col. John Shee; Captain 4th Company, Philadel- 
phia Brigade, Gen. John Cadwalader; Acting Commissary under 
Col. Thos. Bradford, 1 778. 

Thomas Kittera Wallace, 

Great-grandson of Wm. Brooke, Captain 4th Company, 3d Bat- 
talion, Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; Major, 4th Battalion, 1779; 
Major, 6th Battalion, 1780; one of the Commissioners of Chester 
County to seize personal effects of traitors. 

Great-great-grandson of Matthev^ Brooke, member of Provincial 
Conference of Pennsylvania, 1 776. 

Great-grandson of Elijah Weed, Captain 2d Regt. of Foot, com- 
manded by Benjamin G. Eyre; Captain 2d Company, 5th Bat- 
talion, Col. John Shee; Captain 4th Company Philadelphia 
Brigade, Gen. John Cadwalader; Acting Commissary under Col. 
Thos. Bradford, 1778. 

John Sidney Webb, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Webb, of the 2d Regiment of Con- 
necticut Light Dragoons. 

Great-grandson of Col. John Randall, Quartermaster-General of 
Maryland Troops. 



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Frank Wheaton, 

Grandson of Levi Wheaton, minute-man at Lexington and Bunker 
Hill; Rhode Island privateersman, captured 1780, confined or 
prison-ship in New York harbor. 

Charles William Whipple, 

Great-grandson of David Whipple, private, Capt. Whipple's Com- 
pany, sth (Col. Putnam's) Regiment, from January i, 1777, to 
December 31, 1779. 

Charles Worthington, 

Great-grandson of Maj. Nicholas Worthington, of Maryland 
Troops, and Delegate to Legislature of Maryland. 

Great-grandson of Capt. Jonathan Phillips, 2d New Jersey Regi- 
ment; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

Great-grandson of William Churchill Houston, member of Con- 
tinental Congress. 

Walter Fitzhugh Worthington, 

Great-grandson of Major Nicholas Worthington, of Maryland 
Troops, and Delegate to Legislature of Maryland. 

Great-great-grandson of Wm. Fitzhue, member Maryland Legis- 
lature during the Revolution; member of Council of Safety 
and Committee of Vigilance of Calvert County. 

Robert Henry Yeatman, 

Great-grandson of Richard Dorsey, Lieutenant in Continental 
Army, and Captain Maryland Artillery; original member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

William Suter Yeatman, 

Great-grandson of Richard Dorsey, Lieutenant in Continental 
Army, and Captain Maryland Artillery; original member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 



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CHARLES GRYMES MCCAWLEY, 



DIED OCTOBER 13, 1891. 



Sketch of the Wfe of Col. Charles G. McCawley, by Capt. Rich- 
ard S. Collutn, U. S. M. C, a Metnber of the Pennsylvania 
Society, read at the Annual Meeting of the District 
of Columbia Society, December ao, 1891. 



Colonel Charles Grymes McCawley, Commandant of the U. S. 
Marine Corps, the subject of this paper, was born in Philadelphia, op- 
posite the old Navy Yard, where his father, then an officer of the 
Corps, was stationed, on January 29th, 1827. His grandfather, James 
McCawley, was a prominent merchant of Philadelphia, who emigrated 
to this country when a young man from the Province of Ulster, Ireland, 
his family having previously emigrated to that country from Scotland. 
He married the daughter of Captain William McCalla, who served dur- 
ing the war of the Revolution, from August 21, 1775, to 1781, as Cap- 
tain of the Plumstead, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Associates; Captain 
of the 7th Company, 2d Battalion, Bucks Co. Militia, and as Chief of 
the Forage Department, and Commissioner of Purchases of that county. 
It is from this officer that Col. McCawley derived his descent and eligi- 
bility to become a "Son of the Revolution." He also claimed descent 
from William Holt, who was a Commissary in the Virginia Continen- 
tal Line. 

He attended school at Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 
his teacher being the father of the present Captain F. V. McNair, U. S. 
Navy. He was always a devoted son and brother, and out of his 
small pay as a 2d Lieutenant contributed to the support of his widowed 
mother and sister until the former's death. His father died when he 
was 12 years old, and the lad was almost immediately obliged to earn 
his own living. At the age of 1 6 he went to New Orleans and entered 
a mercantile house in that city. His nights were employed in study, 
and by his assiduity he fitted himself for the important position he after- 
wards held. 

On the :;d of March, 1847, at the age of 20, he was appointed, 
through the influence of the Hon. Pierre Soule, then Senator from 
Louisiana, a 2d Lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps. 



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In June of that year he was ordered to join the battalion of marines 
under the command of Lieut. -Col. Watson, detailed for service with 
the Army in Mexico. This battalion sailed from Fort Hamilton, New 
York harbor, debarked at Vera Cruz and joined the main army at 
Puebla on August 6th. The battalion was assigned to the Fourth 
Division, under the command of Major-General Quitman. Leaving a 
competent garrison at Puebla, the army under Scott marched towards 
the Mexican capital. The brilliant victories of Contreras, Churubusco, 
and Molino del Rey reflected additional lustre upon the veterans of Vera 
Cruz. 

On the 1 3th of September the division of General Quitman partici- 
pated in the crowning honor of the war — the storming of the Castle of 
Chapultepec. Immediately after the capture of the fortress, tiie wiiole 
column under General Quitman moved directly on the City of Mexico 
by the Tacubaya Causeway, leading through the Garita Belen into the 
city. Soiled with dust and smoke, and begrimed with blood, the 
field-officers on foot with the men, they moved on to the charge with 
banners furled, and no music but the roar of cannon and the rattling 
roll of small arms. The Garita was taken in a charge at full run at 
twenty minutes past one o'clock P. M. At break of day of the 14th 
a white flag announced the surrender of the enemy's stronghold, the 
Citadel. The division of General Quitman was, therefore, the ^rs/ to 
enter the city. The honor of first entering the palace also, and of 
hoisting upon it the national flag, was accorded to this division. For 
these actions Lieutenant McCawley received the brevet of First Lieu- 
tenant for gallant and meritorious conduct. During 1848 he served at 
Philadelphia and Boston, and from July, 1849, to August, 1852, was 
attached to the Mediterranean squadron. In 1853 he was attached to 
the home squadron. He was promoted First Lieutenant January 2, 
1855, and from that time until January, 1862, served at the different 
garrisons and in the home squadron. He received his promotion as 
Captain July 26, 1861. On the 15th March, 1862, he joined the bat- 
talion of marines under the command of Major Reynolds, then in camp 
at Bay Point, South Carolina. He participated in all of the expeditions 
of the battalion until its return to Washington. In May of that year 
he commanded the detachment of two hundred marines which reoccu- 
pied the Norfolk Navy Yard. In August, 1868, a battalion under the 
command of Major Jacob Zeilin, sailed from New York to co-operate 
witli the South Atlantic squadron under the command of Rear Admiral 



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Dahlgren. The battalion was debarked on Morris Island, where the 
camp was established. It participated in all of the subsequent engage- 
ments which resulted in the fall of Charleston. 

The first important work in which the battalion engaged was the 
attack on Fort Sumter, on the 8th of September. On the night of 
the 6th the Confederates evacuated Morris Island. This offered an 
opportunity for assaulting Fort Sumter, which, if successful, would 
have enabled Admiral Dahlgren to pass the obstructions in the channel. 
He therefore directed the commanding officers of the different vessels 
off Charleston to send detachments of sailors and marines, with boats, 
to the flag-ship, prepared for the proposed movement. All of the 
officers and men, sailors and marines, were volunteers, among whom 
was the subject of this sketch. 

At dark all the detachments had arrived, and at eleven o'clock the 
expedition, consisting of over twenty boats, and with thirty-four offi- 
cers and four hundred and thirteen men, was placed under the com- 
mand of Commander T. H. Stevens, of the Patapsco, with Lt.-Com- 
mander Bunce and Lieut. Moreau Forrest as aids. Lieut. -Commander 
Williams, of the Wissahickon, was placed in charge of the first divis- 
ion; Lieut. Remey, of the naval battery, of the second; Flag-Lieut. 
Preston^ of the third; Lieut. Higginson, of the Powhatan, of the 
fourth, and Captain McCawley, commanding the marines, of the fifth 
division. 

The plan of attack was to assail the fort on three sides, one party 
landing on the gorge wall and attempting to ascend the debris and 
gain the parapet; a second was to attempt to gain entrance through 
the lower embrasures, and a third was to act as a reserve. 

At half-past one the first line of boats approached closely to the fort, 
and was discerned by the sentry on the walls of the fort and sharply 
challenged. No reply was made to the question of " What boat is 
that ? " A second challenge of the same nature failing to elicit a reply, 
the sentry discharged his musket, and called to the officer below to 
" Turn out the guard." The boats on being hailed pulled quickly to 
the fort; but before they could reach it several shots had been fired at 
them. The boats had dashed rapidly up, the formation of the line of 
advance being broken, and each boat striving to effect the first landing. 
Seven boats succeeded in getting alongside the debris on the gorge 
wall; the others while pushing up were met with a sharp fire of mus- 
ketry. Signal lights were burned from Sumter and in a moment all 



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the Confederate batteries bearing on the fort opened a fire of shell and 
shrapnel on the fort itself, and, of course, on any party that might be 
about its base. About one hundred and fifty sailors and marines ef- 
fected a landing, and instead of finding a slope of debris up to the par- 
apet of the gorge wall they found a perpendicular range of masonry, 
which the Confederates had constructed, meeting them full in the face. 
All their efforts to find a place of ascent were fruitless. Not a soul 
could ascend the wall, and the party found themselves in a critical 
position. The Confederates had manned the parapet with infantry, 
and were also firing through loop-holes, formed by sand-bags, in the 
upper slope of the debris. In addition to this, hand-grenades were 
hurled upon the assaulting party's heads, and bricks were detached 
and tumbled down upon them. Three of the boats were torn to 
pieces by hand-grenades or shells from the distant batteries and retreat 
was being rapidly cut off. At this juncture a Confederate ram came 
down and opened fire with grape and canister upon the boats, the 
enemy on the fort throwing flashes of ligiit upon the dark waters about 
them from a large locomotive lamp. As each boat was brougiit to 
light, volleys of musketry, canister and grape were poured in from 
the fort and gunboat, and many were killed and wounded. Finally, a 
continuance of the effort to carry out the plan being evidently of no 
avail, the order to retire was given. Four boats came off from the 
landing at the gorge, and tiiree were destroyed. Only a small portion 
of the assaulting party succeeded in regaining tlieir boats. Many were 
killed and the balance were taken piisoners. Ten officers and one 
hundred and four men were missing, eighty known to be killed. It 
was a gallant attack and a gallant defence. Captain McCawley re- 
ceived the brevet of Major for gallant and meritorious conduct in this 
action. He received his promotion to a full majority on June lo, 1864; 
Lieut. -Colonel, December 5, 1867, and was promoted to Colonel-Com- 
mandant, November i, 1876. He was retired June 29, 1891; died 
at Rosemont, Montgomery County, Pa., October 13, 1891, and was 
buried at Abington, in a little church-yard near the school-house of his 
boyhood days. 

Doubtless, as we have often heard, some men are the outbirths of 
their time; there is a providence in their appearance, they are not the 
product of chance; they are to do their work among men, and they 
are continued on earth until their work is done. I should not, per- 
haps, speak of the work of this one man in the administration of his 



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responsible office as compared with his predecessors; they were equally 
fitted for the work of their time. Let those who may be disposed to 
cavil and find fault with his manner of conducting the affairs of his 
corps ask not so much what the corps was with him as what a loss 
it would have been without him. Remove the leading man from any 
corps or organization and you break the harmony of that organization 
for the time being, it has been said that all institutions are the pro- 
jected shadow of some man who possesses marked individuality. 
While not intending to apply this metaphor in its entirety to the offi- 
cial life of Colonel McCawley, yet results speak for themselves, and we 
can certainly say that the usefulness and importance of his corps has 
not suffered during his incumbency of the office of Commandant. He 
was all that we include in the term disciplinarian. His official life 
while at the head of the corps was the result of that mental experience 
by which his duty was moulded. In him there was a profound rever- 
ence for law, and an unbounded respect for his superiors in office. He 
had an instinctive apprehension for order. To disfranchise, to rout and 
put to flight ghostly traditions, to assimilate his corps to the progress- 
ive ideas of to-day, such was his work. A sworn soldier of his country 
was he. He read with keen vividness into men's hearts and men's 
purposes, by the light of high intelligent principles within him. 

In the latter days of his life he appreciated to its fullest extent the 
probabilities of the great hereafter, and the inherent gentleness of his 
character shone forth with a brightness which endeared him to those 
with whom he was associated. He was a Christian man and soldier. 

RICH'D S. COLLUM, 

Captain, U. S. M. C. 



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